I bought the AMD RADEON VII In 2023...

The AMD Radeon VII was a 16GB beast back in early 2019. It wasn't very popular, couldn't keep up with it's competitor and eventually got discounted half a year later. It's probably not worth buying these days, but can it still play games?

0:00 Intro, Specs, and History of The Radeon VII
2:07 Noise
2:45 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
3:32 Battlefield 2042
4:14 Dead Space 2023 Remake
5:15 Fortnite
5:52 Cyberpunk 2077
6:44 Red Dead Redemption 2
7:32 Elden Ring
7:59 Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered
8:51 The Witcher 3 Next-Gen
9:30 Forza Horizon 5
9:57 Hogwarts Legacy
10:34 Final Thoughts

Thanks for watching :)

[HEKVT]

The craziest thing about the video is the realisation of 2019 being 4 years ago.

[ProjectPhysX]

I've done large parts of my PhD on the Radeon VII. We bought 10 of these at the price of 1 Nvidia V100 16GB, providing 10x the memory and performance. I've used them for computational fluid dynamics simulations.

[roxymigurdia-tp]

I always liked the way this card looked.

[DrearierSpider]

The card was never a great performer vs its 2080 competition, but 16GB of VRAM in early 2019 was amazing. And the red shrouded anniversary edition is one of the best looking GPU shrouds of all time IMO.

[iffy_too]

I've always found this era of Radeon cards to be so stylish. They really do look so well designed, like they should have a bookshelf of industrial/commercial design awards.

[tarvest]

It's bizarre to me how this card delivers RTX 3060 performance in some titles yet greatly exceeds it in others. The performance variation is wild.

[beythastar]

The Radeon VII! I used to have one from late 2019 to early 2021. It definitely felt inefficient, all things considered, but it was cool to have! I ended up selling it for double the amount I had paid for it, so I was happy with how it ended for me

[marcelosoares]

Beautiful card, kinda crazy it has more VRAM than a 3080

[QuiteLunacy]

Hey the Radeon VII! This was my wife's GPU back then until she upgraded and she had a love hate relationship with it. It played pretty much any game she had at 1440p, but she had driver issues constantly. Looking forward to seeing it again.

[stabhappy]

The noise might be remedied by changing the thermal pad with thermal paste and use the washer mod. Currently have a Radeon VII on water so i've not tested the stock cooler in ages

[uglybob]

Always wanted one of these but never plucked up the courage especially after the initial issues the card had with the drivers. Pleased you found one at the right price, thanks for sharing 🙂

[zz]

Would be nice to see a follow-up video with the GPU undervolted and using Nimez Drivers (resizeable bar+RDNA driver optimizations) since that provides a boost in modern games.

[oddmofo]

The stuttering in newer games is caused by devs using UE4 and DX12 without compiling the game's shaders at the start, like they do with consoles. That leaves the GPU to compile the shaders on the fly, which is way slower than having them saved in the system. The only fix is that devs patch their games to compile them at the start or maybe Microsoft can forced them when using DX12.

[FneWne]

I am actually impressed that this card still pushes these games. Would be crazy to see like a 10 game comparison vs RTX 2080 in modern games!

[krovarus]

Man, what a clean and good-looking card, still one of my favorite designs

[ZantasuHD]

Thanks for covering the GPU I am currently using!

You could have tested the Amernime Drivers as well in order to activate SAM - in some titles it really gives you the edge especially in 1440p =)

[bodek]

i love the radeon VII not because of it's preformance, but because of how cool it looks and how interesting it is with the hbm and being the first 7nm gpu.

same how i love the amd fury because of just how unique it is. i am currently running an r9 nano in my pc, and it runs all i want it to run. i love that little card with all it's power

[barbusbogdan]

Vega 64 and radeon 7 were my dream cards. Upgraded from an rx580 (less than 200) to vega 64(£220) and the difference felt huge. Both bought new. Then after a month of buying the vega I've seen a new radeon 7 for £500. I was so pressed to buy it but i didn't. I'm glad that i didn't as for that money i bought a 3070ti last year. But amazing cards. They were good enough

[linuxpirate]

I bought this GPU on launch ($700) and was able to buy a 6900 XT and pocket $500 by selling it during the mining craze. I'll never be able to do that again.

[TheFalseProdigy]

I love seeing these rare beasts show up, and I totally get the collector’s item feel to it. I bought an r9 Nano a few years back for the same reason since I always wanted one back when they first came out. Great video!